Priority and MRRA would eliminate that standard, as well as standards for front-yard sizes and building heights.

The amended standards will apply to all developments within the CDP.

At Tuesday’s workshop, Howard presented a plan for the first four buildings: a convenience store-gas station, 7,000-square-foot bank building, a 10,000-square-foot office building along Bath Road and another 15,000-square-foot office building on the first parcel on Admiral Fitch Avenue.

Any retail stores in the CDP will be limited to banks or restaurants, and his company is not planning any chain stores, Howard told board members.

The two Bath Road buildings would have rear parking lots, connected to a side parking lot next to the building on Admiral Fitch Avenue.

Planning Board member Soxna Dice asked if more green space could be added to the triangle of parking lots, saying it resembled a “vast wasteland of asphalt.”

Howard admitted that planning the developments near the Bath Road entrance has been “challenging,” but his company intends to preserve as much green space as possible and limit the number of mature trees it removes from the area.

Having an eyesore parking lot from some perspective is unavoidable, board Chairman Charles Frizzle said, noting that the developers had succeeded in masking what is seen from Bath Road.

In general, Frizzle offered his approval of the proposed CDP.

“I look forward to seeing what is going to come down the road,” Frizzle said. “… I think it is a great way to handle the gateway to what has become a major part of our community.”

Priority and MRRA intend to submit a final plan for board approval within the next few months.

Also on Tuesday, the Planning Board approved a four-unit subdivision on Harpswell Road for Habitat for Humanity.

The development outlines four single-family ranch-style homes. Construction is expected to begin this summer.